Eichaed vose



(No M odel.)

R. VOSE.

RACK 0R FIRE HOSE HOLDER.

Patent-ed Jun Figa.

T im UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD VOSE, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JOHN O. N. GUIBERT, OF SAME PLACE.

RACK OR FIRE-HOSE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part: of Letters Patent No. 320,727, dated June 23,1885.

Application filed July 11, 1884.

To all whom, t may concern.:

Be it known that I, RICHARD VOSE, ofthe city of New York, county and State of New York, am the inventor of a new article of manufacture, the same being an Improved Rack or Fire-Hose Holder, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention, Showing swing-bracket hose-holder and hose, te. Fig. 2 is a front or face View of same; Fig. 3, a side view of end of swinging bracket; Fig. 4, a like view of screw for attaching bracket to wall, Fig. 5, a side View showing a modification of bracket in the form of a pin or arm, on which is placed the spring holding the hose. Fig. 6 isa view of ring to which said arm is hinged; and Fig. 7 is a side View of nozzle-holder, which is to be placed in end of arm or pin.

My improvement consists in the new article of manufacture, the same being an irnproved fire-hoseholder; and it consists in the bracket and arm used in combination with spiral spring, so that the fire-hose after use can be hung up out of the way, but in such a manner as to be always readily accessible, and so that it can be dried after such use and kept constantly dry, and thus prevent molding.

Heretofore swinging shelves have been used on which to lay fire-hose ready for use, and on which the hose is replaced after use. The difficulty of drying and keeping dry the hose when so placed is obvious. My improvement removes all such difficulties, as the folds of hose are kept separate and apart, one from the other, and allowed to dry.

A is the frame, wall, or partition, to which is to be fixed the bracket or arm by means of screws O and O. The bracket is constructed with the arms B, E, and I, the arm I held in head of screws C, and having a free movement therein. The shoulder b on arm B prevents the extreme end of arm I from passing entirely down through head C. The arm Eis detached from arm I, and is snapped against it by means of recess J, Fig. 3, but in such a manner that it can be drawn from arm I, and the spiral spring D drawn off.

n is a lug or pin passing through the arm E at 'or near its farthest point from arm I, so that the spiral spring cannot pass beyond it.

(No model.)

G is the iire-hose, of the kind in common use, H, the nozzle to said hose, and K the other end of said hose attached to the water-pipein the wall. The water is turned on and shutoff by any of the usual means.

It will now be seen that after the bracket is swung into position the arm E of the bracket is swung off from its contact with arm 6o I when it rests on head of O, and the spiral spring is placed on arm E, and the arm E put back in its place. One fold of the hose nearest the water-pipe is now placed between the coils of spring D, and another fold of hose is placed in the next succeeding coil, till the whole hose is thus suspended, as shown,

In Fig. 5 I show another form of arm for holding the spiral spring and hose. The bracket R is secured to the wall L by means of screws or nails. The arm N,on which is the spring D, (and which arm N may be made of gas-pipe or metal tubing,) has its swing on arm M, which is'held in position and works in lugs 'in m. D is the hose; d, a lug or pin pass` ing through the pipe or arm N, to preventthe spiral spring from passing over the end and off of the arm N, and the lug or pin n is so placed that the end ofthe spiral spring nearest to it can be snapped over it, and one person is thus'enabled to hold the spring open and insert the hose in the coil, allowing each coil, as the hose is placed in it, to snap up against and hold the hose.

O is a nozzle-holder which is screwed into end of arm N, and which, by means of arms o o, holds the nozzle in place ready for use.

Then the hose has been thus hung,` and hangs ready for use, by gripping the nozzle from its holder and running toward the point of fire, thus swinging the bracket carrying the hose to that angle, the hose is immediately released from the spiral coils by pulling, and the water being turned on from the pipe in the wall the hose is ready for action.

Of course the arms of the rack or swinging hose-holder may be made of various designs or devices; but I distinctly disclaim a shelf for fire-hose, that already being in use.

Vhat I' claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a rack or nre-hose holder constructed with swing arms, spiral spring adjusted on said arm for IOO and for the purpose specified. nation with bracket, spiral spring, with or 2. As a new article of manufacture, a rack without a nozzle-holder, substantially as deolll re-ho1se hdqldrlvilng arms lcifE, and I, scribed, and for the purpose specified. 5 t earn] a `)us e o eremove rom een` A tact: with arm I, in combination with spiral I RICHD VOSE' D, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified. Y I 3. As a new article 0f manufacture, a rack l Witnesses:

B. S. CLARK, J AMES QUINLAN.

holding said hose, substantially as described, or lire-hose holder having arm N, in combi- 1o 

